Committee Members

The members of the management committee appointed at the 2005 AGM are (in alphabetical order):

• Andy Laurence, Company Secretary
• Ian Costello
• Jim Farrand
• Julien Weston, Treasurer
• Lloyd Rennie
• Matthew Leonard
• Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
• Matthew Toseland
• Peter Ferne, Chairman
• Richard Higgs
• Sam Rossiter
• Sean Kenny

For reference, the members of the co-op not on the management committee at the time of the 2005 AGM were (in alphabetical order):

• Dominic Large
• Jonathan Eccles
• Paul Munday
• Robert Bailey

More members may have joined since.

According to the rules of the co-op

COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT

The Co-operative shall have a Committee comprising not less than three and not more than fifteen persons. ...

A Committee member shall, ..., hold office until the end of the next Annual General Meeting following her/his election. Retiring members shall be eligible for re-election at the Annual General Meeting at which they retire. ...

HONORARY OFFICERS

Members of the Committee shall elect a Chairperson, Secretary and Treasurer of the Co-operative from amongst their own number. ...

POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE COMMITTEE

The business of the Co-operative shall be managed by the Committee who ... may exercise all such powers of the Co-operative as may be exercised and done by the Co-operative and as are not by statute or by these Rules required to be exercised or done by the Co-operative in General Meeting. ...

PROCEEDINGS AT COMMITTEE MEETINGS

The Committee may meet together for the despatch of business, adjourn and otherwise regulate their meetings as they think fit. The Secretary shall at the request of two or more Committee members summon a meeting of the Committee at any reasonable time by giving all Committee members reasonable notice of the date, time and venue for the meeting and the general nature of the business to be considered.

The quorum necessary for the transaction of business at a Committee meeting shall be one half of the members of the Committee, provided that no meeting shall be quorate if one half or more of those present are co-opted Committee members.

Note also the following clauses on general meetings

GENERAL MEETINGS

... In addition to the Annual General Meeting, Ordinary General Meetings shall be held at approximately quarterly intervals or at such other level of frequency as may be decided from time to time by the Co-operative in General Meeting.

PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS

No business shall be transacted at a General Meeting unless a quorum is present in person. Unless and until otherwise decided by the Co-operative in General Meeting, a quorum shall be one tenth of the members of the Co-operative or five members, whichever is the greater.

Accordingly the quorum for a general meeting of the membership is currently five members but the quorum for a meeting of the management committee is currently six members.